Accommodation for Elderly Persons in Newly Industrializing Countries: The Hong Kong Experience

The newly industrializing countries seem set to follow many developed countries with a rapid growth in numbers of elderly people. This will throw considerable strain on their resources, particularly in the provision of services and accommodation for this group in society. Hong Kong is a leader amongst the newly industrializing countries, both in terms of its aging population (more than 11 percent of its people are now over 60 years of age) and …